Drug Take Back slated for this weekend

COLFAX —Substance Use Prevention Education and Resources (SUPER) is partnering with Whitman County Health and the Colfax Police Department for another Drug Take Back Day this weekend on Saturday, Oct. 28, from noon to 5 p.m. on the Colfax Library’s Front Patio, 102 South Main Street.

Colfax SUPER Community coordinator Sara Golden said they will collect expired and unneeded medications and sharps for safe disposal.

Golden is hoping for a big turnout this year. “April, we took in 34.8 pounds,” she added that the number was up from October at 33.7 pounds. The first drug take back took in 12.6 pou...